The Detective of the Dead

Mad Fox

  One night, I dreamt about the time when I massacred the remaining murderers of Inspector Dunstan. I saw myself scratching, tearing their bodies apart. The blood was spilled from their body.I put my hands to my face and sat to the ground. 

 "No! Stop it." said I. 

 When I removed my hands from my face, I saw their blood.The darkness ate the scene. Dunstan's voice echoed from somewhere. 

 "It's not your fault!" 

 Then I woke up. Dunstan was floating above me. 

 "Whoa!" I cried. 

 "Wake up! An excellent detective is--" 

 "Give me another five minutes." 

 And I covered my face with blanket. He became silent. He slowly grabbed my blanket to wake me up. 

 "Fine. I get up." 

 I lazily grabbed the telephone called my father. 

 "Hello, dad." 

 "Are you okay, Mavis?" 

 "I feel not well. Can I have a vacation leave?" 

 "Yes, of course. You'll surely miss action packed drama here." he laughed. 

 "I'm enough of that. I need to rest." 

 "Get well soon." 

 My dad ends the conversation and I went back to the bed. Dunstan gave me a look of disapproval. Later, I convince myself to stand up. I did it. But I fell down. My head was aching, my hair and nails are growing rapidly. 

 "Hey, are you okay?" 

 "It's happening again... The spell... The antidote was--" 

 "Oh, we need the another supply of antidote. You're going to be a mad fox again. Don't rely on antidote. Mavis, you need to control it." 

 "O-okay. If that is what you want." 

 I close my eyes, sat in lotus pose, and meditate. I visualize that my body is going back to normal. When I look at my hands, I saw nothing but normal nails without fur and claw. 

 "Wow, you did it easily." said Dunstan. 

 "It is because I trained myself long time ago. Hmm... Did you smell her?" 

 "Smell who?" 

 "It's Veronica!" 

 Veronica knocked on my door. Dunstan penetrate the door and he saw her. The ghost detective came back to me. 

 "It's her." he said. 

 When Veronica came in, I told her what happen... 

 "Then I'll train you how to control your mad fox in you!" she said. 

 "I said that I already controlled it." I replied. 

"Veronica is not convinced." whispered Dunstan. 

 "Are you sure, Mavis?" 

 "Yes, I am!"She took out a pen from her pocket and threw it away. 

"Fetch!" she shouted 

 "Hmm... Do you think it will work to me?" 

 She patted my head. 

 "It feels great... Hey, stop it! Can you do it again?" I said. 

 "See?" Veronica replied.